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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
3
Grand Estherville Iowa weekend event tease promotes a stirring romance of the old Mississippi. It hints at a popular entertainer delivering a role rich in human emotion across three days Friday through Tuesday September 8 9 10.
In 1915 the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad closed a deal to own the old Des Moines and Fort Dodge railway stretching 187 miles from Des Moines to Ruthven. Obituaries note Talger Martin of Estherville died Aug. 24 after homesteading in Lost Island and moving through Palo Alto and Graettinger. Mat Mathison, born in Holysdall Norway, died Aug. 20 in Estherville after a life teaching and carpentry, survived by his wife and seven children. Farmers report good threshing yields of oats, about fifty bushels per acre, and a plan to convert the Fielder Converse home into a hospital following Miss Ethel Walker’s California visit. Weather records mark the coldest August reading in local history at 37 degrees, with no major crop damage. Local visitors include Mrs. James Maloney and son Vincent, Mrs. Claude Ketchum’s arm injury, and Rev. Henry Taylor’s Korea mission route to Worthington, Minnesota.
The Sept 4 1885 issue notes cold disagreeable weather delaying corn ripening and reports on farming prospects. E I Sandrel bought the Rev D M Vetter lot near W M McFarland’s residence with contractors already at work on a new residence. Wild plum crop is heavy and being gathered rapidly. Miss Jennie Johnson visiting Webster City this week with Mr and Mrs K Espesett.
Forepaugh-Sells Bros Combined Circus brings 2 and 8 pm shows in Estherville on Saturday September 14 featuring Maria Rasputin Bert Nelson John Hellot and other acts from around the world. The traveling railroad show promises a baby giraffe and a vast menagerie as crowds gather for a cultural festival with numerous entertainers and aerialists.
The column records numerous Armstrong residents traveling through the Great Lakes region from Duluth to Sault Ste Marie and home, plus visits from relatives in Minneapolis, Storm Lake, Wisconsin, and Arizona. It notes family visits, college departures, and local events including birthday club meetings, garden talks, and the start of the school year with staff assignments at Armstrong.
Spencer firemen were summoned to extinguish a blaze in an improvised kiddie car built from boards and boxes by a local youth. The fire had already been put out by an employee of the state liquor store before they arrived, costing $33 to respond.
Period Sept 2 to Sept 7 shows showers Monday and Tuesday then generally fair with showers again Saturday. Temperatures mostly below normal. For Northern and Central Great Plains showers Monday then generally fair followed by Friday with temperatures normal.
Charles Willey, who has been seriously ill, was taken to Birney hospital yesterday for treatment. The move follows a period of illness and aims to address his health condition under medical care.
Rhode Island leaders deliver a pointed rebuke to federal New Deal era policy measures. Officials emphasize state rights and economic independence amid national budgetary debates, signaling potential legislative pushback and local alignment with broader conservative critiques.
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